Experimental Cooking

I just made an early semi-dinner because Matt has to work tonight and we're going out afterwards.

I read an idea in Super Foods that suggested brushing chicken with Kecap Manis (sweet soy sauce), crumbing it and frying it.

So I got chicken thighs, brushed them with the soy and coated them in a mix I made of breadcrumbs, sesame seeds and parmesan.  I shallow fried these in olive oil (the only oil we have around).

I also decided to give the steamer a go.  The rice cooker had a steamer but it was teeny weeny and kinda useless.  The steamer that came with saucepan set I bought a while ago is actually large enough to hold a few serves of veges.  I steamed pak choy, asparagus and carrots.

I would have put a pasta side dish with it but it would have taken too long to cook, I was in a hurry.

Having NO idea how long these things would take to cook I just guessed.  The chicken took a little longer than expected and was pretty much guess work as to when it was done.  But it didn't get burned and it was done very nicely! :)

The pak choy could have done with going in the steamer a little later than everything else.  The carrots however were just soft and really nice.  I'm not big on carrots unless they're roasted but steamed they were good, and cooked a lot faster than boiling too.  I guess also being bought fresh today helped, I notice fresh carrots taste a lot better.  Had a smidge of oyster sauce on some of the veges but honestly I thought they weren't half bad on their own.

Next time I'll do the pasta too because really it wasn't enough food to be a full meal.  But for completely experimental cooking I'm impressed! :)

I also bought some of those vege storage bags that are meant to keep fruit and veg fresher for longer.  Hopefully they work, they'll be a godsend if they do, because we never seem to eat veges fast enough before they go off.

Experimental Cooking

I just made an early semi-dinner because Matt has to work tonight and we're going out afterwards.

I read an idea in Super Foods that suggested brushing chicken with Kecap Manis (sweet soy sauce), crumbing it and frying it.

So I got chicken thighs, brushed them with the soy and coated them in a mix I made of breadcrumbs, sesame seeds and parmesan.  I shallow fried these in olive oil (the only oil we have around).

I also decided to give the steamer a go.  The rice cooker had a steamer but it was teeny weeny and kinda useless.  The steamer that came with saucepan set I bought a while ago is actually large enough to hold a few serves of veges.  I steamed pak choy, asparagus and carrots.

I would have put a pasta side dish with it but it would have taken too long to cook, I was in a hurry.

Having NO idea how long these things would take to cook I just guessed.  The chicken took a little longer than expected and was pretty much guess work as to when it was done.  But it didn't get burned and it was done very nicely! :)

The pak choy could have done with going in the steamer a little later than everything else.  The carrots however were just soft and really nice.  I'm not big on carrots unless they're roasted but steamed they were good, and cooked a lot faster than boiling too.  I guess also being bought fresh today helped, I notice fresh carrots taste a lot better.  Had a smidge of oyster sauce on some of the veges but honestly I thought they weren't half bad on their own.

Next time I'll do the pasta too because really it wasn't enough food to be a full meal.  But for completely experimental cooking I'm impressed! :)

I also bought some of those vege storage bags that are meant to keep fruit and veg fresher for longer.  Hopefully they work, they'll be a godsend if they do, because we never seem to eat veges fast enough before they go off.

Kitty & Sair

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